Traveling support for kilns



Dec. 8I 1925. 4 i 1,564,935

W. L. BURLEY TRAVELING SUPPORT FORl KILNS Film Jan. 15, 1925 atto@ nu;

@ @QM f Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED lSTATES PATENT,

WILSON L. BURLEY, O CROVOKSVILLE, OHIO; l'

TRAVELING- SUPPORT FOR KILNS. I

Application 'filed January To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, WILSON L. BURLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crooksville, in the county of Perry and State of Ohio, have invented certain new` vention will be apparent during the courseof the following description.

Inl the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section througha kiln embodying my invention, parts in elevation, and,

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Figure l. Y

The kiln embodies a kiln casing 5, formed of refractory material, having a longitudinali chamber 6. The side walls of thisV chamber have longitudinal iues 7, leading to transverse flues 8, which discharge into the chamber 6. These longitudinal and transverse iiues are similar to the flues 20, 25, and 26, shown in my co-pending application for kiln for burning earthenware, Serial No. 2671', filed January'15, 1925. l also employ ire box or boxes, discharging into the uppery portion of the chamber 6, as shown in connection with my said co-pending application. These fire boxes discharge into the chamber above the longitudinal grooves to be described. V-

. The chamber 6 leads at its bottom into a longitudinal pit 9, having air 'circulating openings 10, in the side walls thereof. ,The side walls of the casing 6 are provided in their lower portions with interiorflongitudinal grooves 11, containing asbestos 12, or other heat insulating material.

The side walls of the kiln 4casing 5 are also provided with transverse openings 13,

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through which projecttransverse shafts 111,V

spaced therefrom. yThese shaftshave theiry outer ends journaledl in` bearings 15, ar-V ranged exteriorly of the casing. VArranged within the lower end of the chamber Gare y"grooved wheels 16'rigidly mounted uponv the shafts 14,' and receiving within their,

grooves rails 17,' which are rigidly secured to the bottom .of a rigid'table or support 18. Y

This table has a layer of asbestos 19, or

other heat insulating material upon its- `upper surface, upon which'is arranged a slab 20, of refractory material. This slab the grooves 11, in close relation to the asbestos packing 12, and I preferably provide asbestos packing 21,-attached to the has its-longitudinalfedges projecting into t bottom walls of these grooves 11, adjacent to thev slab 20. It is thus seen that by .having the edges of the slabl 20 Aprojecting into the grooves 11, that a shell is provided for preventing the heated gases lfrom passing into Contact with the wheels -16 "andasseciated elements. l Y n In the operation Vof this form of furnace,

I preferably arrange hollow s agger blocks 22, uponV the slab20, and the earthenware articles 23 Vare supported upon these sagger l blocks.` The table 20 is then moved longitudinally through'the kiln` casing 5, and the and finally to the cooling zone.V l

It is vto be .understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changesin the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be1rearticlesiirstpass into the pre-heating zone, and then into the heating or. baking zone,A

sorted to without departing from they spirit of my invention or the joined claim. y y Y Havingv thus vdescribed vmy invention, I' claim: I f Q A kiln chamber provided Yin itsside walls 1 Vscope of the subwith longitudinal grooves, the kiln chamber" Y being continuous frompoints above and be y low the grooves, the bottom ofthe chamber continuing in a pit, said pit 4,having side ywalls provided with air circulating openings n i 1,05 above lthe air circulating openings and beand the chamberl having transverse openings Vneath said grooves, said transverse-openings 'leadinginto the pit andl adapted to receive cooling fair therefrom, transverse shafts extendlng through the transverse openings,

Y Wheels carried by the transverse shafts,.a Vtable arranged beneath the transverse grooves and'above the Wheels, rails secured to the loWer surface of the table and engaging the Wheels, a refractory slab mounted upon and insulated from the table and projecting outwardly beyond the same and entering the grooves, and heat insulating material Within the grooves,l the grooves and slab forming seals. o

In testimony f'hereof I affix lny signature.

VILSON L. BURLEY. 

